Bureau of Consular Affairs; Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as AmendedFiling an Application

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• Document number: 98-6826
• Type: Proposed Rule
• Published: March 17, 1998
• Comments close: May 18, 1998
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

Consular offices abroad have been experiencing an ever- increasing volume of nonimmigrant visa (NIV) applications. Some have had to begin declining to accept new applications from persons denied as intending immigrants in the recent past. This proposed rule would put this practice on a regulatory footing by formalizing a non- acceptance-for-six-months policy with respect to a new application from an alien whose prior NIV application has been refused under the provisions of INA 214(b).

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